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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Package Control</span><span class="f_BodyText"> sub-menu is available from the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText"> </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Package</span><span class="f_BodyText"> context menu. This menu is for a package that itself is not under version control (but that might contain child packages that are under version control). For a package that is directly under version control, see the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="vcmenu.htm">Package Version Control Menu</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Configure (various settings for the package)</span><br>
<span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[P]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="pkgcontrol.htm">Package Control Options</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog, which enables you to specify whether this package (and its child packages) is controlled and which file it is controlled through.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Manage Baselines&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[B]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Create a <a href="managingbaselines.htm">Baseline</a> of the current package, or compare the current package with a previous Baseline.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Check In Branch</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">For the selected branch of the model, (that is, the selected package and all of its child packages) display the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="checkinginandcheckingoutp.htm#Branch">Select Packages to Check In</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog, listing all version controlled packages </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">within</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> that branch that are checked out to you. You can then select packages in the displayed list, to be submitted for check-in.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Save package to file&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[S]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="o1131.htm">Save a controlled package</a> to an XMI file.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Load package from file&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[L]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="o1132.htm">Load</a> a previously-saved XMI file.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">View package XMI&nbsp; [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[X]</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the package XMI after the package has been exported to XMI.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">(Package not under version control.) <a href="differences.htm">Compare</a> the current package with a previously-saved XMI file of the package.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Compare with Controlled Version</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">(Version controlled package.) <a href="differences.htm">Compare</a> the current package with the head revision of the version-controlled package file.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Add Branch to Version Control</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="applyingvctobranches.htm">Apply version control to all packages within a selected model branch</a>, in a single operation.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="exportingvcbranches.htm">Export</a> a newly created model branch from your own private copy of a model.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Import a Model Branch</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="importingvcbranches.htm">Retrieve</a> a model branch and import it into either the source model or another model.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enables you to gain access from packages in the <a href="versioncontrol.htm">version-controlled</a> repository that is currently available in your model.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="263" style="width:263px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Get All Latest (for version control)</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Retrieve the latest <a href="versioncontrol.htm">version</a> of the package from the repository. Available only for packages that are checked in.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">The alternative option </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Get Latest</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> - if displayed - is not intended for sharing .EAP files and should only be used when users have their own individual databases.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="sharedfilerepos.htm">Version Control Settings</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="437" style="width:437px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Provide a bulk <a href="updatepkgstatus.htm">update on the status of a package</a>. This includes status options such as </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Proposed</span><span class="f_Tabletext">, </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Validate</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> and </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Mandatory</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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